Can't view RAW pic thumbnails for 6D M2 in Windows 10

For the past 4 years I have had no problem viewing RAW thumbnails from my Canon 70D using Windows 10 Explorer and Photo App but when I recently got a 6D Mark 2, I can't view any of the RAW thumbnails taken by that camera using Windows 10 (Photo App or Explorer). I upgraded my Photoshop Elements to 2018 and can at least open the new RAW files but can't see what they are unless I use Organizer which I have never had to do and hope I won't have to. It's so much easier to look through my pictures by opening Windows! Any suggestions?

Re: Can't view RAW pic thumbnails for 6D M2 in Windows 10

Had this conversation with someone a couple of weeks ago. .CR2 (2nd gen) files are not natively supported in Windows 10. You have to use DPP or other app to view files. They wll not display in explorer, photos, etc. I suspect MS will eventually incorporate this support.

Re: Can't view RAW pic thumbnails for 6D M2 in Windows 10

Had this conversation with someone a couple of weeks ago. .CR2 (2nd gen) files are not natively supported in Windows 10. You hve to use DPP or other app to view files. They wll not display in explorer, photos, etc. I suspect MS will eventually incorporate this support.

Someone (Canon, preferably) should write software to convert earlier .CR2 files to the latest format. This would allow us to have some confidence that older files will not fall off the back edge of what Canon supports and become unreadable.

Note that this is not an idle concern. I've already encountered cases where .JPG files written by earlier versions of DPP or by other editors that Canon used to distribute with their cameras, can no longer be read by DPP. So far, I don't believe I've seen that with older .CR2 files, but I suspect that it's only a matter of time.

Re: Can't view RAW pic thumbnails for 6D M2 in Windows 10

Thank you for your response. Yes, I installed DPP and yes, it did allow me to view my photos until I figured out something better. Sorry to say it's pretty useless software IMO--I can't even move through my pictures without closing one and opening the next--try that with about 200 pictures...LOL. Now that I've upgraded my Photoshop Elements to 2018 I can at least view and edit my RAW images but I never have liked PSE Organizer just for viewing. Still, my goal is to use Windows Explorer to view thumbnails (when I had this problem with my 70D, I was using Windows 7 and could update the codec). My workaround now is to take pictures in RAW+lowest quality JPG until something better comes along.

Re: Can't view RAW pic thumbnails for 6D M2 in Windows 10

Thank you for your response. Yes, I installed DPP and yes, it did allow me to view my photos until I figured out something better. Sorry to say it's pretty useless software IMO--I can't even move through my pictures without closing one and opening the next--try that with about 200 pictures...LOL. Now that I've upgraded my Photoshop Elements to 2018 I can at least view and edit my RAW images but I never have liked PSE Organizer just for viewing. Still, my goal is to use Windows Explorer to view thumbnails (when I had this problem with my 70D, I was using Windows 7 and could update the codec). My workaround now is to take pictures in RAW+lowest quality JPG until something better comes along.

There are several ways to view multiple pictures in DPP. Don't blame the software for the fact that you haven'r learned how to use it yet.